A Security Administrator Is Choosing an Algorithm to Generate Password

question 458

Multiple Choice

A security administrator is choosing an algorithm to generate password hashes. Which of the following would offer the BEST protection against offline brute force attacks?

• A) MD5
• B) 3DES
• C) AES
• D) SHA-1

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